Seasonal changes in agar characteristics of two populations of Pterocladia capillacea in Gran Canaria, Spain

Journal of Applied Phycology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 239-246

  Freile Pelegrin Y ^a,b   Robledo, D ^b   Armisen R ^c   Garcia Reina G ^a  

^a Instituto de Algología Aplicada   (Spain)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA APLICADA   (Mexico)

^c Hispanagar SA   (Spain)

Author keywords

agar; Pterocladia capillacea; seasonality

Indexed keywords

PTEROCLADIA CAPILLACEA;

AGAR; SEASONAL CHANGES; SEAWEED CULTURE;

CANARY ISLANDS, GRAN CANARIA;

EID: 0030302097     PISSN: 09218971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02184977     Document Type: Article

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